Reading a Play or Poem is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on telling a story, a play and a poem apart by how each is written, aligned to Common Core standard RL.3.10. It prints 3 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Reading a Play or Poem

RL.3.10

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Sort each one into the right box.

1.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed., Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything., SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night., Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window., GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know., Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark.

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2.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk,, PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday., "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?", Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below., ACT ONE. A busy railway platform., Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter.

StoryPlayPoem

3.Sort each one: Story or Play or Poem?

Sort: Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs., Ada went home and looked up the town on a map., My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws., Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too., (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.), MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.)

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Answer key — Reading a Play or Poem

Set 3. Prints on its own sheet.

1.1. Chapter 1. Nobody in our family plays anything. — Story 2. Grace carried the oil up ninety-seven steps in the dark. — Story 3. GRANDPA: (to the audience) I was young once, you know. — Play 4. Rain on the roof, / rain on the shed, / rain on the hen / in her bed. — Poem 5. SCENE TWO. The museum store room. Night. — Play 6. Snowflakes falling, / softly calling, / white on the window. — Poem
2.1. "Wait!" called the goat. "How do I get out?" — Story 2. ACT ONE. A busy railway platform. — Play 3. Every Thursday for six years, Mr. Ellis mailed a letter. — Story 4. Inside the green and spiny case, / packed in a lining soft as silk, — Poem 5. PRIYA: (whispering) It was here on Tuesday. — Play 6. Round and round the sails go, / grinding grain to flour below. — Poem
3.1. (Pause. JON puts the lid down slowly.) — Play 2. Ada went home and looked up the town on a map. — Story 3. Long ago Anansi the spider had eight fat legs. — Story 4. MAYA: Quick, hide! (She ducks behind the sofa.) — Play 5. My cat is a cushion / with whiskers and claws. — Poem 6. Shells in a bucket, / sand in my shoe, / the sea waves goodbye / and I wave too. — Poem

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RL.3.10 of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts.